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Jeddy and Heber Dean of Beaver, freighted to Frisco for many years, hauling lumber and merchandise. John Brooks was an old veteran freighter of Beaver. John W. Myers says, after relating experiences in freighting, "Those were hard times, but happy ones." On every trip they made, he says, they looked forward always to returning to their wives and children and women were always partners in the strife. CARGO In the early history of Utah, freighting was a very profitable business. Many young men earned money to help support their families. Some earned enough for an education, while others were able to fulfill missions to far-off places from money earned in this way. From the Sanpete, Sevier and other valleys, where there was an abundance of farm produce, many young men rode the big wagons laden with lumber, grains, flour, cured meats, dried fruits, eggs, molasses, and bales of hay; the hay being baled with heavy rope and weighing from 200 to 300 pounds. Passengers were often a part of the cargo and gold, bullion, whiskey and other commodities. Mr. Waters tells of one of these trips There was a barber who wished to take his barber chair from Pioche, Nevada, to Frisco, Utah. He offered Mr. Waters $75 to do this for him. Besides the chair, there were three men who traveled with him, and the
trip netted him $400. It was rumored that on the road, by way of Desert Springs, a trench had been dug, probably by robbers who planned holding up the wagons. The barber was very nervous and begged Mr. Waters to take a different route, but Mr. Waters was determined to go by way of Desert Springs, so that was the road they took. Sure enough, the trench was there. How could they
get across? They took the end gates from the wagon and made a bridge across the trench. Over the bridge they pushed the wagon and made the horses jump the trench.

Jeddy and Heber Dean of Beaver, freighted to Frisco for many years, hauling lumber and merchandise. John Brooks was an old veteran freighter of Beaver. John W. Myers says, after relating experiences in freighting, "Those were hard times, but happy ones." On every trip they made, he says, they looked forward always to returning to their wives and children and women were always partners in the strife. CARGO In the early history of Utah, freighting was a very profitable business. Many young men earned money to help support their families. Some earned enough for an education, while others were able to fulfill missions to far-off places from money earned in this way. From the Sanpete, Sevier and other valleys, where there was an abundance of farm produce, many young men rode the big wagons laden with lumber, grains, flour, cured meats, dried fruits, eggs, molasses, and bales of hay; the hay being baled with heavy rope and weighing from 200 to 300 pounds. Passengers were often a part of the cargo and gold, bullion, whiskey and other commodities. Mr. Waters tells of one of these trips There was a barber who wished to take his barber chair from Pioche, Nevada, to Frisco, Utah. He offered Mr. Waters $75 to do this for him. Besides the chair, there were three men who traveled with him, and the
trip netted him $400. It was rumored that on the road, by way of Desert Springs, a trench had been dug, probably by robbers who planned holding up the wagons. The barber was very nervous and begged Mr. Waters to take a different route, but Mr. Waters was determined to go by way of Desert Springs, so that was the road they took. Sure enough, the trench was there. How could they
get across? They took the end gates from the wagon and made a bridge across the trench. Over the bridge they pushed the wagon and made the horses jump the trench.